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FILE - Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy says he's resigning from his congressional seat in California two months after his historic ouster as House speaker.
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GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California is resigning, 2 months after his ouster as House speaker

Associated Press December 6, 2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy announced Wednesday that...

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FILE - U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 24, 2020. Kildee announced Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, that he would be retiring next year after the end of his sixth term.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Today: Why Dan Kildee will not seek reelection

Detroit Today November 20, 2023

Michigan U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) announced last week he will not seek reelection in 2024, creating an opening for House Republicans...

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President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference.
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Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain

Associated Press November 16, 2023

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their four-hour meeting...

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
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McCarthy ousted as House speaker in dramatic vote as Democrats join with GOP critics to topple him

Associated Press October 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in...

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FILE - Former Detroit police chief James Craig.
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Detroit Evening Report: Retired Detroit police chief James Craig officially launches US Senate campaign

Jerome Vaughn October 3, 2023

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig has officially announced his intention to run for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat.Subscribe to the...

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
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McCarthy to call vote Tuesday on effort to oust him and says he won’t cut a deal with Democrats

Associated Press October 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to force a vote Tuesday on the far-right effort to oust him from his leadership...

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Auto workers picket outside Ford's assembly plant on Sept. 15, 2023, in Wayne, Mich.
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Detroit Today: A conservative perspective on the UAW strikes

Detroit Today October 2, 2023

With the United Auto Workers union demanding major concessions from Detroit's Big Three automakers and the UAW approaching week three...

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Stephen Henderson (left) and Nolan Finley photographed by StoryCorps in 2017.
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Detroit Today: ‘Civility Night’ event to explore the power of mutual respect

Detroit Today September 25, 2023

In today's political climate, many Americans believe they can’t be friends with people with opposing political viewpoints, or fear that...

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Protesters attend a meeting of Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Oct. 21, 2021, in Lansing, Mich.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Today: The rise and potential harm of political polarization

Detroit Today September 25, 2023

Polarization has been a part of American politics from the very beginning. But the bitter, bond-breaking differences frequently on display...

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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. Santos has been arrested on federal criminal charges. The Republican congressman has faced outrage over revelations he fabricated parts of his life story, including lying about being a wealthy Wall Street dealmaker. Santos was arrested Wednesday.
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US Rep. George Santos charged with money laundering, fraud, theft

Associated Press May 10, 2023

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican infamous for fabricating key parts of his life story,...

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Michigan state capitol building
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

Is national polarization changing the way states legislate?

Detroit Today, Sam Corey December 7, 2022

America is a country of states, and the country’s Constitution specifically distributes a lot of power to those political entities....

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RNC Trump
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Trump has a grip on the Republican Party — can it be broken?

Detroit Today May 23, 2022

On his way out of office, former President Trump helped inspire a political coup. Nearly 70% of Republican voters still...

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